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CERTAINTEED CORP. v. FLETCHER

S15G1903.

794 S.E.2d 641 (2016)

CERTAINTEED CORP. v. FLETCHER.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: November 30, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Erin Elaine Shofner , David C. Marshall , Hawkins, Parnell, Thackston & Young, LLP, 4000 SunTrust Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street, N. E., Atlanta, Georgia 30308-3243, Michael K. Wolensky , Schiff Hardin LLP, 1201 W. Peachtree Street, Suite 2300, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Appellant.

Leonard Searcy, II , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., 2555 Grand Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2613, Mark Behrens , Cary Silverman , Shook, Hardy & Bacon, L.L.P., 1155 F Street NW, Washington, Washington, DC 20004, William V. Custer, IV , Edwin Montgomery Cook , Byran Cave LLP, One Atlantic Center, Fourteenth Floor, 1201 West Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, for Amicus Appellant.

Robert Cape Buck , Juliana Yeon Sleeper , Buck Law Firm, 1050 Crown Pointe Parkway, Suite 940, Atlanta, Georgia 30338, for Appellee.

Appellee Marcella Fletcher was diagnosed with malignant pleural mesothelioma, which she attributed to years of laundering her father's asbestos-dust-covered work clothing, and she sued Appellant CertainTeed Corporation, who manufactured the asbestos-laden water pipes with which her father had worked. In her complaint, she alleged...

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